Artiste: Duane Schuler

The first new production of Alessandra Ferri’s directorship of the Wiener Staatsballett sees the European premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s narrative ballet Of Love and Rage under its new title, Callirhoe.

ABT's Swan Lake suffered due an obvious lack of rapport between its lead dancers but there was still some fine dancing on offer.

Exceptional singing enlivens a flawed production, which takes liberties with the tone and tenor of Beethoven's sole opera.